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Love Letter
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.
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A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Jun Takada, Tatsumi Kumashiro
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Runtime:108 minutes
Studio:Shochiku-Fuji Company, Kosaido Production
Cast
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Director
Kenichi Hagiwara
Shoichi Takehara
Mitsuko Baisho
Kyoko Takehara
Keiko Takahashi
Etsuko Tajima
Kaoru Kobayashi
Tetsushi Kamiya
Masahiko Arima
Father
Isao Hashizume
Counselor
Tokie Hidari
Chief Nurse
Eiichi Kudō
Man in Detention
Noboru Mitani
Vice Principal
Noboru Nakaya
Vice Director
Motoyoshi Wada
Yuu Takehara
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